Floridians in Europe Declare:
'This Year We Know We Count'

Updated Nov. 9, 2000 11:08 a.m. ET

Lt. Col. Paul Reiz finally feels wanted.

After voting by absentee ballot for more than 30 years, the U.S. air force officer rose at dawn in East Anglia on Wednesday, switched on CNN and discovered -- with equal parts surprise and pride -- that his vote in the American presidential election might help break the dead heat between George W. Bush and Al Gore.